He stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
We all tactfully put up with Spookie's bitching. From Wordnik.com. [FAMILY VALUES] Reference
"That was a really good answer," he began tactfully. From Wordnik.com. [Gore: Playing Second Fiddle] Reference
"There's some left, Rosemary," she tactfully declared. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
I tactfully suppressed the word but I filed the idea away. From Wordnik.com. [The Night of the Long Knives] Reference
Bishop, tactfully sent successive presents of fish to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
It was a difficult thing to lead up to her faithlessness tactfully. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
Gul, for his part, is also likely to behave as tactfully as possible. From Wordnik.com. [An Army In Retreat] Reference
Having thus tactfully interfered for the preservation of her property. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
He had spent most of the hour tactfully trying to get away from Burris. From Wordnik.com. [Out Like a Light] Reference
As tactfully as she could she manoeuvred her companion towards the door. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
With unspeakable relief she saw Richford tactfully drawn away and disappear. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
The head of FCR slipped tactfully away, this defeat too rich for even his blood. From Wordnik.com. [Truthfulness in advertising? Who knows – it could just catch on] Reference
I haven't quite learned how to do this tactfully, despite the strong temptation. From Wordnik.com. [Melanie Benjamin: How to Dress an Author] Reference
An old lady and gentleman, their only traveling companions, went tactfully to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Four Days The Story of a War Marriage] Reference
She essayed an unintelligible phrase, and perceiving her emotion, he tactfully covered it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
That Rosamond had tactfully ignored to speak of its absence made her more angry at Elinor. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
John murmured a few sheepish words under his breath, and asked tactfully if supper were ready. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
Susan turned tactfully to her Kansas friends for advice, although she herself welcomed his help. From Wordnik.com. [Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian] Reference
The review's conclusions, however tactfully couched, will extend well beyond the purely military. From Wordnik.com. [16: Gen. David Petraeus] Reference
I thought, "I don't know these people very well …. how am I going to say something 'tactfully'. From Wordnik.com. [feminist blogs] Reference
She arrived about eight o'clock, and Eva tactfully producing a box of nut chocolates, a confection of which. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
"I'm here on business, Mr. Baggott," the stranger replied promptly to his host's tactfully implied question. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
We can suggest, tactfully, that a home care worker go along on the dog walks just for my peace of mind, Dad. From Wordnik.com. [How To Handle Aging Parents' Pets] Reference
How can I tactfully tell my son that while I appreciate his thoughtfulness, the flowers have not been very nice?. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Amy] Reference
"I think, perhaps, it would be as well if you said good-night to him now, Lady Clifford," hinted Esther tactfully. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Your cries are heard and tactfully ignored, and I sympathize that "D.C." can, in this case, stand for "don't care.". From Wordnik.com. [As new Housewives divide and conquer D.C., we just don't get 'Real' anymore] Reference
Those of you who share my concerns with this war must continue to voice our critique, intelligibly, tactfully and loudly. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Mike Honda: What's Wrong With the War in Afghanistan] Reference
But then Diana died on Aug. 31, and the woman the princess called "" the Rottweiler '' went tactfully back into the shadows. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince And The Paramour] Reference
"The doctor thinks he's not up to much conversation, so perhaps you'll make it as brief as possible," added Esther tactfully. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
(On a table in the palace sitting room, Bush's autographed picture is tactfully, neutrally displayed side by side with Saddam's.). From Wordnik.com. [Unquiet On The Western Front] Reference
The history of events leading to the formation of the second Coalition Government -- and the third -- is again tactfully presented. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31] Reference
Consider tucking a list of guests into invitations so that parents can tactfully avoid mentioning the party to people who aren't coming. From Wordnik.com. [Party On, Little Dudes] Reference
Rather than running to human resources, Brenner suggests tactfully trying to find out if this person has a history of this kind of thing. From Wordnik.com. [The ‘New’ Sexual Harassment] Reference
The result was, she made herself so disagreeable to Miss Sparks that the latter determined on getting rid of her as tactfully as possible. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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